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Hmmmm. This looks like a situation that happens when two unpleasant people meet each other. Biker sounds like a drama queen, Driver sounds like a Witch.

I'm none too infatuated with Bikers. I'm sure that - by and large - they're all nice, polite, well-behaved people. But the exceptions to the rule around here, at least, make life difficult for drivers. Just because it's completely legal for you to ride a bike at ~10-12 mph in the left hand lane of a 45 mph divided highway during rush hour..... doesn't make it a good idea. And 5-10 bikers doing that just proves the stupidity of people in larger groups, IMHO.

Flame away.

I agree with all you said. I don’t have any particular animus towards bike riders, any more than I do pedestrians, but I will say this: when I walk, and when I ride a bike, I do not subscribe to the right of way concept. I yield to all motor vehicles, period.

I have to drive through Concord, MA every day. It is a liberal town, and the pedestrians in that town seem to think because they are pedestrians, then by God, they have the right of way. They appear at a crosswalk and step into it, no matter the traffic.

I think they are frikking bloody crazy. If traffic is heavy, I step back and away from the crosswalk and wait for an opening to give a driver time to see me and slow down before I step out.

As for riding a bike...I pull as far to the right as I can when there is a car. I will take my chances accidentally going off onto the shoulder (which I have done accidentally on occasion) than pushing my “right” to share the road. When on a bike, I don’t think most people have it out for bikes (though some clearly do) but I worry more about people who don’t know the physical boundaries of their vehicle (especially as they talk on a cell phone) and as such, am not willing to receive a kiss from their right front bumper.

I disagree with militant bike riders. I think it is stupidity to push the issue when it means your ass. This bike rider in the video does all the things stupid bike riders do, but this bus driver has an extra responsibility as a professional who is constantly on the road with paying customers to defer to bikes, pedestrians and other drivers who may be aggressive. If you do it professionally, you have an even greater obligation, in my opinion.